Two 4" blocks with grey "roof" added to the top. One block has a pink "cross" with purple corners. The other is a sort of American "flag", also with a grey roof.

BOM progress

My local quilt group is working on a BOM again this year, this one designed by our “fearless leader”. She’s a talented quilter/designer who has had some quilts published in a magazine, and she volunteered to do this one for us this year. She made the blocks 8″ square, with […]

9-patch star block in pink and white, with narrow purple border, wide white border, and pink edge.

Class project

I’ve been AWOL for a time as I worked on an online class. I have a terrible time deciding how I want to do the quilting on my quilts, so I’ve just finished a design class that may help me overcome that. It was a class from Lisa Calle, from whom […]

A set of three quilt blocks of "houses" and trees. There are more roofs and trees for future blocks

Oops … I did it again.

Last year I ended up working on two BOMs, which kept me pretty busy while also trying to work on various other projects. One of those BOMs was one that our quilt group decided to do as a group project, though everyone did her own version. Some of us did […]

Quilt top in white (background) and shades of blue and orange. The negative space creates a large hollow heart shape.

Contemplating …

I’m once again in my usual quandary: what designs to use when quilting my latest quilt top, which is to be a gift. I’ve finished the top, which is called Exploding Heart, and I’m planning to sandwich the backing, batting, and top when I can have uninterrupted use of our […]

Rows of blocks in blues, oranges, white. The show half of a white heart lying on its side.

This one will be big!

I really liked the Exploding Heart design when I saw it, so I decided that it would be my next project. It has 18 blocks in each of 18 rows, and the blocks finish at 4″ square. Well, who can’t manage a 4″ square, right? But the quilt is going […]

Colorful letters appliquéd onto black background.

Quick Project

I saw a little kit at the quilt shop the other day, and it made me giggle. I just had to have it! I did add one extra fabric to it, since I used the included binding fabric for corded piping and so needed something else for the binding. This […]